COMMON Directions 2008 is our newest conference event, offering two days of wide-ranging, IBM i-related educational sessions. It will feature 50 educational sessions in a variety of leading-edge topics, presented by the most respected speakers in the industry. View the conference schedule here.
The Art of Debugging: Thinking Outside the Developer's ToolBox
RDi: Using the Remote Systems Explorere for RPG & COBOL
RDi: RPG & COBOL Tools; RSE Advanced
Client Connectivity
Get to the Web Fast with System i Access for Web
System i Access for Web - The Fast Path to Configuration and Managing End User Access
Run 5250 Through a Browser Using System i Access for Web
Collaboration
Introduction to Web Development with Lotus Notes/Domino
Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets for Domino Applications
Building Wicked Cool Domino Web Apps
DB2
Embedding SQL in RPG
Introduction to the Query Optimizer and DataBase Engine for DB2 for i5/OS
Intro to SQL
SQL Performance Basics
Beyond Query/400 - Introduction to DB2 Web Query for i5/OS
DB2 Web Query: Developer Workbench
The Science and Art of Indexes and Statistics for DB2 for i5/OS
High Availability
Backup/Recovery Strategies Update
Honey, I Shrunk My Backup/Recovery Windows! You Can Too!
What's New with Backup Recovery - Including Virtual Tape and Encryption!
Managing System i Environment
LPAR Configuration Issues and Planning (2 session hours)
Pimp My i, Extreme System i Engineering
Cleaning Up Your System i Auxiliary Storage (Disk)
Managing System PTFs
HMC, System i, FSP, Firmware: I Really Need to Understand All This
Improving Performance and Saving Disk Space
ABC's of IBM i System Management
Everything About System Values (But You Were Afraid to Ask)
Networking
IP Addressing, Routing and IBM i IP Configuration
Can You Hear Me! Setting up Virtual Network for LPAR
PHP & MySQL
Advanced Features and Functions of Zend's PHP on IBM i
Deploying Open Source Solutions on IBM i
Open Community Solutions Update
RPG
Case Study: XML and RPG
There's Gold in Them Thar Hills: Making the Most of an RPG Dump
Accessing the Integrated File System (IFS) from RPG IV
Excel Spreadsheets from RPG with Open Source
External Databases from RPG
A Pattern for Reusable RPG Code
Security
Best Practices for Security - Why You Need to Run at a High Security Level
What's new in V6R1 Security
System i Audit Capabilities
Web Applications
IBM Rational Product Announcements for IBM i
RDi SOA
Practical Web Services for RPG
Overview of Web Services Technology
Integrated Web Application Server - Removing Excuses
What is Web 2.0
Special MMSA Meeting and Presentation
Metro Midrange Systems Association, the local user group in the Dallas/Fort Worth area will also be present at COMMON Directions 2008, and will be holding their monthly meeting on-site during the conference. All attendees are invited to attend the meeting, which will feature keynote speaker Scott Klement doing a presentation on “Integrating RPG with the Web.” The registration for the meeting will open at 6:30 p.m. (non-attendees), and the meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. COMMON members can attend the meeting and presentation at no cost; non-members will be charged a nominal fee of $10.00.
Abstract:
I've written some business logic in RPG, now how do I make it available through a web interface? It seems like there are a million ways to web-enable an RPG program, and choosing the right technology to do so is a daunting task.
A recent issue of System iNEWS magazine provided a service program containing RPG business rules, and showed how to write a web front end, and call that service program from three different web development languages (CGIDEV2, PHP, and Java). It provided an overview of the differences between each technique. This presentation will summarize those differences, and will hopefully help you along the road to deciding on a technology for your own apps.
About the Speaker:
Scott Klement is the IT Manager and Senior Programmer at Klement Sausage Co, Inc. He is also a technical editor for System iNEWS magazine (formerly known as NEWS/400) as well as the editor of the popular System iNetwork Programming Tips e-newsletter. His efforts to help RPG programmers improve their skills have earned Scott a System i Innovation Award in 2005, two Gary Guthrie Awards for Excellence in Technical Writing by the staff of System iNEWS magazine in 2005 and 2008, a Silver Medal for best Feature Series by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) (West region) in 2006, and is consistently awarded "Speaker of Merit" by COMMON. Scott lives with his wife and son in the Milwaukee WI area.
